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Homes away from home: ResortQuest wants to be your one-stop shop for commissionable vacation home rentals. (Cover Story: Hotels).(Brief Article)

Travel Agent, August, 2002 by Webber, Sara Perez

Content provided in partnership with HighBeam Research

Ten years ago "vacation home ownership" described a type of product that was most likely not commissionable to travel agents and could, in fact, "steal away" potential customers from more lucrative sales opportunities. In fact, vacation homes were often confused with "timeshares," which often were sold by fly-by-night operators using dubious techniques.

How times have changed. Nowadays, agents can sell stays at vacation homes and condos as a full part of their repertoire--and receive commission to boot. Indeed, with the growth in popularity of extended ...

 

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